diff --git a/Doc/reference/import.rst b/Doc/reference/import.rst
index 20a2ea69e2d277..4c36e15dc06063 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/import.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/import.rst
@@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ module.  ``find_spec()`` returns a fully populated spec for the module.
 This spec will always have "loader" set (with one exception).
 
 To indicate to the import machinery that the spec represents a namespace
-:term:`portion`. the path entry finder sets "loader" on the spec to
+:term:`portion`, the path entry finder sets "loader" on the spec to
 ``None`` and "submodule_search_locations" to a list containing the
 portion.